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2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominees Unveiled
BRUCE COCKBURN & OTHERS AT THE 2016 CFMA GALA
The 75 nominees have been announced for the 13 th annual Canadian Folk Music Awards, taking
place Nov. 18-19 in Ottawa. For the first time ever, the weekend’s events will take shape as two eve-
nings, which are open to the public. The new format will combine the Canadian Folk Music Awards’
live music showcases and the awards gala.
Among the multi-award nominees are Stephen Fearing, Amelia Curran, and Twin Flames.
For more information, go to www.folkawards.ca.
Klô Pelgag
Takes Home
Three Felix
Awards
KLÔ PELGAG AT ADISQ’S PREMIER GALA
ADISQ’s first industry gala was held on Oct. 26, 2017, in Montréal,
with the main broadcast awards gala held three days later.
Among the winners was Klô Pelgag, who took home the Félix
Award for Alternative Album of the Year and the Critics’ Choice Album
of the Year for L’Étoile thoracique, as well as Songwriter of the Year.
Two Félix trophies were awarded posthumously to Leonard Co-
hen for his final album, You Want It Darker, for Anglophone Album of
the Year and for the Québec artist who achieved the most success
outside Québec. An honorary Félix trophy was also given to Cohen
as a tribute to his whole career, with his son Adam Cohen on hand
to accept it. Safia Nolin and Patrice Michaud won Female and Male
Artist of the Year, respectively.
For a full list of winners, go to www.adisq.com.
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SOCAN Honours
Quebec Industry
at Montreal Gala
SOCAN honoured Québec’s music
industry on Oct. 17 th at its 28 th
Montréal Awards Gala, with nearly 50 awards presented.
For the first time in the gala’s history, two special achievement awards
were presented to one person, Robert Charlebois, who received the
SOCAN Lifetime Achievement Award for his accomplished career, as well
as the SOCAN Cultural Impact Award, alongside his collaborator Claude
Péloquin, for their song “Lindberg.”
Luc Plamondon presented the SOCAN Special Achievement Award to
Monique Leyrac, while Plamondon also broke his own record for SOCAN
Classics (exceeding 25,000 radio spins in Québec), winning his 35 th and
36 th awards for “La Légende de Jimmy” and “La fille aux bas nylon.”
John Nathaniel received the prestigious SOCAN Songwriter of the
Year Award, and his song “Éclat,” co-written with Alexe Gaudreault and
Mariane Cossette-Bacon, also won a Popular Music Award.
For a recap of the evening, go to www.socan.ca.
ROBERT CHARLEBOIS AT THE SOCAN GALA
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